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Old 23-08-2006, 11:06 PM
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From now on in your news posts don't just quote or link to ign or gamespot, put it in your own words to an extent.

sorry but im just gettinga lot of criticism about this site because of its horribly done news articles.
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Old 23-08-2006, 11:19 PM
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This is a really big concern for me. It happens all too often. Paraphrasing is okay, but at least try to write up a good summary of the article, followed by the article itself quoted, and a link. Otherwise, we might as well tell everyone to go to IGN or GameSpot for news instead.
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Old 24-08-2006, 12:53 AM
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i dont see what difference it makes tbh.
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Old 24-08-2006, 12:59 AM
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Sounds good to me. Some slightly higher standards for news are helpful.
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Old 24-08-2006, 01:08 AM
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yeah so mods take that as a cue to not accept articles like that anymore.
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This is what I was doing before, but when I saw eveyone else quoting, I just did what you all did. Summarizing it is no problem for me.
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Old 24-08-2006, 03:04 AM
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I haven't bothered with the news submissions so far, probably because I've been unaware of any standards for accepting them. I'll need to work on that.
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Old 24-08-2006, 03:22 AM
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i dont see what difference it makes tbh.
TouchDS is a site just like ign or gamespot, they post news and there wouldn't be much of a point of having news if all it does is link you to another site. It kind of defeats the purpose.
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Old 24-08-2006, 03:26 AM
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True, but we aren't "just like IGN or Gamespot", we don't have all those flashy greaphics and features and a crap load of money to spend on professionals and gaming stuff, and a whole lot of other things.
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Old 24-08-2006, 04:35 AM
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all you need is the news in your own words, and if it was based heavily upon ign/gamespot just put

Source: IGN(or gamespot, or whatever site)
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